WEBVTT NOW TO ANDERSON ... WHERE THIEVES HAVE HIT ANOTHER MAIL COLLECTION BOX. U-S POSTAL INSPECTORS TELL US IT'S THE THIRD ONE BROKEN INTO ... IN FOUR WEEKS.. THE LATEST HAPPENED ON GREENVILLE STREET NEAR THE SONIC RESTAURANT.... ANOTHER ONE GOT HIT - OUTSIDE THE POST OFFICE IN THE WATSON VILLAGE SHOPPING CENTER. THAT'S ON SHOCKLEY FERRY ROAD.. THE ANOTHER ONE WAS ROBBED ON NORTH MAIN STREET AT THE REGENCY BUILDING... WHICH IS WHERE WYFF NEWS 4'S TIM WALLER IS LIVE AND LOCAL. TIM.. WHY STEAL MAIL? THE FEAR IS.. WHOEVER BROKE INTO THESE MAILBOXES.. HOPED TO GET THEIR HANDS ON CHECKS, CREDIT CARD NUMBERS, THINGS LIKE THAT. IT'S WHY THEY'RE ASKING POSTAL CUSTOMERS WHO LIVE IN THIS AREA.. TO CALL IF THEY SEE ANY UNUSUAL ACTIVITY ON THEIR ACCOUNTS. IN AN UNASSUMING STRIP MALL ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF ANDERSON.. A POSTMAN MAKES HIS DAILY PICKUP. BUT THIS FAMILIAR BLUE BOX WAS THE TARGET OF THIEVES SOMETIME LAST NIGHT. MICHAEL BARRETT SAW WHAT THEY DID THIS MORNING. "I left to go to the grocery store to get a money order and when I went by the boxes, both of them were open. One of them was hanging open and empty where somebody had taken all the mail." IN FACT, THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT BARRETT SAW.. A U-S POSTAL COLLECTION BOX PRIED OPEN. AND IT'S THE THIRD TIME IN A MONTH A COLLECTION BOX LIKE THIS HAS BEEN HIT BY THIEVES IN THE ANDERSON AREA. POSTAL INSPECTORS HAVE A THEORY ON WHAT THIEVES ARE AFTER. "What the perpetrators are looking for is account numbers and routing information from a personal check or business check in order to counterfeit and compromise those accounts." IN OTHER WORDS.. OUR MAIL CAN BE A GOLDMINE OF INFORMATION.. IF THIEVES CAN GET TO IT. OFFICIALS SAY COLLECTION BOXES ARE HARD TO BREAK INTO.. AND THEY DON'T SEE THAT MANY THIEVES ATTEMPT IT. BUT SOMEONE IN ANDERSON WAS SUCCESSFUL.. NOT ONCE.. BUT THREE TIMES IN THE LAST MONTH.. GETTING WHO KNOWS WHAT. "Steal the Christmas mail or maybe some gift cards or what not that a grandmother might have sent to her grandchild, you know. It's a shame." POSTAL INSPECTOR STEVE STEBBINS SAYS THEY DO HAVE SUSPECTS IN THIS CASE.. BUT HE WOULDN'T SAY ANYTHING MORE THAN THAT. BREAKING INTO A POSTAL COLLECTION BOX IS A FEDERAL CRIME.. AND STEBBINS SAYS IT'S SOMETHING THEY ALWAYS PROSECUTE TO THE FULLEST. TIM WALLER, WYFF, NEWS 4, LIVE IN ANDERSON.